CHAP aE RV. 
BONELLI’S EAGLE (Nisaétus fasciatus). 
Used in falconry—Ancient residents at Gibraltar—My first Eagles’ nest— 
Elaborate preparations—An amateur lowering party—Plumage of Bonellis, 
adult and young—Great size and power of legs and feet—Records of a 
Bonelli family—Number of eggs laid—Favourite food—An exchange of 
eggs, tame Goose’s for Eagle’s—A ridiculous episode—‘‘ Only a_photo- 
grapher ’—Rape of the tame Goose’s egg—A nasty cliff—A well-drilled 
lowering party—Admiral Farquhar descends—Perils of old limestone—A 
nest in rg08—An extemporized camera stand — Hanging the operator— 
Young Bonelli in nest—Bonelli’s Eagle in captivity — Enormous power of 
feet-—Savage nature—Splendid powers of flight. 
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HIS comparatively small Eagle 
appears to have escaped 
notice until about the year 
1822. It is almost inex- 
plicable how the bird should 
not have attracted attention 
earlier, for it isso thoroughly 
aquiline in its build, plum- 
age and habits that it is 
impossible to confound it 
with the Buzzards and other 
lesser raptorial birds. It is 
essentially a rock-frequent- 
ing species and ranges over 
a considerable portion of the 
Old World, being found in 
places suited to its habits from Spain to Central Asia. 
